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Patented Jan. 19, 1926.

UNITED STATES LEO MAYER, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TEMPORARY COVER FOR BATHTUBS.

Application ledvMarch 9, 1925. Serial No; 13,978.

To aZZ whome' may concern:

Be it known that I, Liso MAYER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Temporary Covers for Bathtubs, of which the following is a specilication.

The object of the present invention is to provide a temporary cover of sheet metal or other suitable material which is adapted to be placed over the bath tub during the time the containing building is under construction, in 4order to protect the bath tub against mechanical injury by workmen having occasion to do work about the bath tub. The said cover will also protect the bath tub against becoming filled with foreign material and from being soiled by carelessness of the workmen after its installation.

With reference to the accompanying sheet of drawing:

Fig. 1 shows a plan View ofthe cover in place, with the bath tub 4 indicated by the outside continuous dotted line.

Fig. 2 shows a section through the tub and cover shown in Fig. 1 along the line Q -2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows a section through the tub and cover shown in Fig. 1 along the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 shows a section through the tub and cover shown in Fig. 1 along the line 4f-4 of Fig. 1.

The coverconsists of two sections 5 and 6 which are adapted to be linked together by cooperating the folded portion 7 of the section 5 and the tongue portion 8 of the sec tioii 6. The object of roviding the said folded and tongued port-ions is to admit of extending the cover or for telescoping the cover so as to adapt it to bath tubs of different lengths and to permit knocking down the cover into two detached sections to promote convenient handling.

A folded flange or border portion 9 extends around the free edge of the section 5, and a folded flange or border portion 10 extends around the free edge of the section 6. A folded strip of felt or suitable non-abrasive material or fabric 11 is secured by friction of the said fold 9 and a folded strip of felt or suitable non-abrasive material or fabiic 12 is secured by friction of the said fold 10. Of course, rivets may be extended through the felt material and cover to insure that the free edge of the felt is held secure to the lower portion ofthe flanges 9 and 10.' The felt, or other material used in lieu thereof, insures that the top flange of the bath tub 4 will not be marred in case the cover is walked over or moved about. However, provision is made, as will appear prescntly, so that a limited lateral movement of the cover willbe possible.

Each section 5 and 6 has two lateral U- shaped stilfening channel ribs 13 made of metal or other suitable material. These ribs 13 are riveted to the top portion 5 or 6, as the case may be, so that their positions are lateral with respect to the long dimension ofthe bath tub when in place.V The leg portions of the ribs extend downward so as to serve as means for retaining the cover sections 5 and G in place With respect to lateral movement of the said cover portions when united and extended suitably to the length of the bath tub to which it is applied. The temporary top is therefore interchangeable between bath tubs of different length and also widths within practical limits. y

- `One leg of the respective ribs has a rectangular shoe piece of sheet metal or other suitable material 15 riveted to it. A piece of sheet felt 16 is suitably attached to the said rectangular piece 15 to prevent said 15 presenting an abrasive outward face. The other leg of the respective ribs has a pair of bolt holes drilled through it. The shoe piece 19 has two rigidly attached bolts 17 and 18 secured to it. A piece of sheet felt 20 is suitably attached to the said rectangular piece 19 to prevent said 19 presenting an abrasive outward face. The said bolts pass through the said bolt holes and are retained from withdrawing from the holes by the locked nuts 23 and 24. Compression coil springs 25 and 26 through which the bolts 17 and 18 respectively pass serve to space the respective shoes 19 from the corresponding leg 13 so that it will tend to normally hold the shoe 19 at a specific distance from the leg of the respective rib 13. The nuts 23 and 24 may be variably set to change the maximum distance the shoe may space from the leg of the rib. The shoes 15 and 19 may thus be automatically adapted to any bath tub having an inside width of approximately the same distance. The sliding joint between the sections 5 and 6 admit of extending or telescoping the over-all length of the cover to correspond with the length of the bath tub to which the cover is applied. The non-abrasive faces made up of felt or other suitable material precludes damage to the polished or fragile surfaces of the bath tub in case of a sudden blow or movement yof the cover occurs.

Having described one form of the present invention in its exemplary form, I claim:

l. In a cover for bath tubs and the like, U-shaped ribs projecting from the cover for guiding and retaining said cover with respect to the opening of the bath tub to be covered, and a movable member of said rib projections for adapting the cover to be guided and retained with respect to bath tubs of varying sized openings.

2. In a cover for bath tubs and the like, U-shaped ribs projecting from the cover foil guiding and retaining said cover with respect to the opening of the bath tub to be covered, and a movable member of said rib projections for automatically adapting the cover to be guided and retained with respect to bath tubs of varying sized openings.

3. In a cover for bath tubs and the like, projections from the cover for positioning said cover in place over the opening of the bath tub, and an adjusting means independent of the projections for automatically adapting the projections to the openings of tubs of various sizes.

4. In a cover for bath tubs and the like, a non-abrasive facing for the cover to prevent abrasion by the cover of the Contact point with the bath tub, said facing consisting of a U formed piece of sheet non-abra sive material held by a folded portion of the cover applied between the U branches of the non-abrasive material.

5. In a cover for bath tubs and the like,

a non-abrasive facing for the cover to prevent abrasion by the cover of the contact point with the bath tub, said facing consisting` of a U formed piece of sheet non-abrasive material held by a lfolded portion of the cover applied between the U branches of the nonabrasiv'e material wherein the branches .of the U project inwardly.

6. In a cover for bath tubs and the like, a pair of ribs projecting from the cover for guiding and retaining said cover with respect to the opening of the bath tub to be covered, and a movable member of one of said ribs for self-adjusting` the ribs to the opening in the bath tub to effect a fitting relation with bath tubs of various sizes.

7. In a cover for bath tubs and the like, two pairs of guides depending from the cover for guiding and retaining said cover with respect to the opening of the bath tub to be covered, and a movable member of one said guide of each pair for self-adjusting the guides to the opening in the bath tubi to effect a fitting relation with bath tubs of various sizes.

8. In a cover for bath tubs and the like, two pairs of guides depending from the cover for guiding and retaining said cover with respect to the opening of the bath tub to be covered, a movable member of one said guide of each pair for self-adjusting the guides to the opening in the bath tub to eect a fitting relation with bath tubs of various sizes, and a telescoping joint of the cover for varying the length of the cover to correspond with bath tubs of various lengths.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this second day of March, 1925.

LEO MAYER. 

